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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-27
The CURSE IN AFRICA,

Fearful Consequences That Have Fol-
lowed in the Wake of the Infamous
Traffic.
White men have caused great and
most widespread havoc among the In
dians of this country by introducing
whisky, or, as they call it, fire
water" England is guilty of forcing
opium upon China, and now all civ
ilized countries seem to unite in adding
to the degradation of Africa. Rev. J.
K. Wood, in a recent address to the
British Baptist Total Abstinence Asso-
citation, referring to the magnitude and
destructive influence of the liquor
traffic in Africa, said: ''The exports
to Africa from Great Britain, Ger
many, Portugal and the United States
in about year amounted to nearly
5000, 900 gallons! And the gallons
are multiplied many times before they
are dealt out to the natives. One of
the National African Company's steam
ers recently carried $4,000 cases of gin
and rum for the supply of two fac
tories only. Mr.. Bently says he has
heard of so, 900 or 10000 cases of gin
as the annual sale of certain factories
of the Dutch House. To save carriage
expense pure alcohol is sometimes
used as an article of trade. The Hot
tentots of the south have been extir-
pated, and brandy is the agent with
which they were destroyed. The fu-
ture of the Caffres depends on drink
being kept from them. The Basutos
have persisted in large numbers through
spirit drinking; those who did not die
were wrecks of their former selves;
delirium tremens was most common
among their chiefs. 1t looks as if the
whole tribe would be crushed, without
visible hope of rescue. In Loango spir-
its are the chief article of barter, and
Mr.. Bently was told itwould be in vain
to talk to chiefs about hiring laborers
after eleven o'clock in the morning, for
the principal men would be drunk at
that hour! The effect on trade is high
ly injurious; in some districts it as
0ulIlCo CiC CHdI dOUCl tlHN plOJOIJIOuS VI
calamity. People soaked with gin
and rum and brandy are worth moth
ing for business, either at home or
abroad. Distilleries thrive, but where
they thrive nothing else can; indus
tries of all sorts flag, and in the end
fail These African people pray to be
delivered from this desolating scourge.
Stop the canteens;' 'the white man
must stop from giving us brandy if he
wishes to save us, a powerful chief APP
peals to Bishop Crowther; beg the
great priests Committee of Church
Missionary Society thet they should
beg the English Queen to prevent
bringing spirits into this land.-Chris-
tid21 at Work.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-27

said ter myself, how often some POI
woman wakes in the night when the
wind is er BLOWN an cries erbout err
grave she KANT find. No tellin' what
she would give eff she could put gest
one flower on it. Po' man! yer shaint
be treated this way an I tuck hat NV
brother Wills flowers an put 'em over
here on this grave; an l don't know
why, but Their tears gushed outen my
eyes. Putty soon | seed pap er comm,
an bein' erfeerd that he mout scold
me fur putin flowers on Their grave NV
ther man that killed brother VIII, I
tuck up er ole shawl thatI had brought
ter sit on, an kivered up the flowers on
the grave Nv Their stranger. When pap
come up an seed Their flowers on
brother Wills grave he commenced
cryin', an then he looked at my shawl.
l don't know what made him pick up
ther ole shawl, but he did, an when he
seed Their flowers that had been tryin'
ter hide, stead Nv scoldin' me, he put
his arms eroun' me an sayin': God
bless yer, Grid like er chile. Yer air
er angel, my chile, Their po' ole man
said; they both fit fur whut they
bleeved wuz right, an they air now at
peace with God"
Tears were rolling down Robertson's
cheeks. His hands were clasped.
Pap went away an wuz Grounded.
When he left home he said ter me,
take kere Nv ther graves, my little gal,
an"
Robertson caught her in his arms.
Frightened, she struggled for a mo-
ment, and then, throwing her arms
about his neck, pressed his face to her
| bosom.
CANCEL" he whispered, 81 love you
love you"
"How can you," she said, gently re-
leasing herself, "when I am so ig-
nerent?"
"You are not ignorant-you are al
most divine. Let our lives be united.
| may not marry a book, but l shall
wed a soul"
Again she pressed his face to her
bosom. OPIE P. READ.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-27
PROTECTION OF TREES.
Precautions Essential to the Healthy
Condition of an Orchard.

Precautions Essential to the Healthy
Condition of an Orchard
Many farmers who set an orchard
fail in the after care necessary to the
best condition of the trees. The plant
ing finished, one of the first means to
be used is to stake the. trees firmly to
prevent them being swayed and blown
about by the wind. The stakes should
be strong, well sharpened, and be
driven down into the solid earth be-
meath the plowed surface. They
should extend above the surface three
and half or four feet. The tree
should be tied to the stake just below
the limbs, or near the top of the stake,
preferably with twisted hay band,
long enough so it may be passed
around the stake, then around the tree
and thence back again to the stake, to
which it should be made fast. This
will prevent any possible abrasion of
the bark of the tree.
Some protection should also be given
to the bark of the tree from the sun.
This is especially necessary in the
West and Southwest, where the bark
on the south and southwest sides is
likely TO be sunburned. To obviate
this it is good plan to tie a wisp of
long hay or straw to the tree, SO the
wisp may fall down and cover such ex-
posed parts. When the tree begins to
acquire the rough bark, no more
danger is experienced by bark burning.
Mulching about the trees is another
means of protection to young orchard
trees. If mulching is undertaken at
all, it should be thorough, extending
beyond the probable roots of the tree,
and the mulching should be applied,
not when the ground is dry, but while
the soil is fully moist. The rationale
of this is that the moisture of the earth
is thus conserved, excessive evapora-
ton is prevented, and the earth is not
alternately heated by the sun and
cooled at night. If the mulch is APP
piled late in the season when the soil is
dry, light rains never reach the roots
of plants beneath the mulch, being abb
sorbed thereby and by the upper sur
face of the soil beneath. Farm, Field
and Stoc6Bdn.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-27
Wise Words for Bows.

Many people seem to forget that
character growS-that it is not some
thing to put on ready made with wom-
anhood or manhood, but day by day,
here little and there little, grows
with the growth and strengthens with
the strength, until, good or bad, it be-
comes almost coat of mail. Look at
man of business-prompt, reliable,
conscientious, yet clear-headed and en-
ergetic. When do you suppose he de-
veloped all those admirable qualities?
When he was boy. Let us see how a
boy of ten years gets up in the morn
ing, works, plays and studies, and we
will tell you just what kind of man
he will make. The boy that is late at
breakfast, and late at school, stands a
poor chance to be prompt man. The
boy who neglects his duties, be they
ever so small, and then excuses himself
by saying: 81 forget, l don't think"
will never be reliable man; and the
boy who finds pleasure in the suffering
of weaker things, will never be no.
BILE, generous, kind mana gentleman.
-Batsy Bee.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-27
Intelligent Feeding.

If dairymen would more carefully
study how to feed their COWS to insure
the best returns they would often be
surprised to find what difference can
be made in the years profits by this
means. How many there are who
feed in a hap-hazzard way without
giving the matter any special thought,
and do this year after year without
realizing that they suffer constant
loss by doing SO. In what combina-
ton foods bring best returns, and in
what quantities they should be sup
piled are questions of Importance to
every dairyman. By proper feeding
he may be able to largely increase the
yield of each cow in his herd, and this,
too, without any increased outlay. 1t
is q subject well worth investigation.
--Nationql Live Stock laa4raaL
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-27

some folks mout think. I've got sense
ernuff ter know that he wouldn't be
satisfied ter stay here allus, an eff he
left here he'd sorter be er shamed ter
take me with him. God knows that I
don't want ter do nothin' ter diser-
pint yer, but-but | gest KANT be nuth-
un' but what I am
One morning, the thirtieth of May,
Robertson, deeply meditating, walked
in the woods. II win go tomorrow,
he said. '.Oh, aoilI,n he almost fierce
ly declared, as though addressing some
thing that Knocked him. '1have sworn
it on the honor of man, and l will go
if know it VIZ kill me-
Suddenly looking up, he saw Martha,
short distance away, sitting on the
ground. Il will give her one moro
trial." he unused. As he approached
nearer, he saw that she was sitting be-
tween two graves, and that each grave
was strewn with flowers.
"Why, Martha, what does this
mean?"
"Set down an 1 win tell YER" she
replied. He seated himself near her
and gazed at her with an eagerness
that brought sudden glow to her
cheeks.
"ln this grave" she said, pointing,
my only brother is buried. | don't
know who sleeps in that one. My
father an brother fit fur Their South,
an this man fit fur ther North. One
day thar wuz er fight right here, er sort
Nv skirmish, pap said. Pap an BROTH
er Will was er standin' right here when
the men that fit fur Their North come eli
chargin'. Err man, er very young fell
Ter, pap said, shot brother Will, an
then brother Will shot him, an they
both fell down dead right here VIII ar
they air now layin' err sleep. Pap
wouldn't let brother be buried no whar
else, an he put up these here two
rocks"
One stone bore the following, rudely
cut: ''This is Will Pritchard that fit fur
ther South" The other stone bore this
inscription: 'This stranger fit fur Their
North"
Zone day." the girl continued, 81
heard somebody say that folks put
flowers on the graves of ther friends
that WIZ killed in Their war-ther thir-
tieth Nv May-so I come out here
wunst on that day an put er whole lot
NV wild flowers on brother Wills grave;
then sot down an looked over here
an seed how lonesome this grave
looked. l couldn't stand it. 'Oh!' I
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-27
A SAFE DRINK.
A Beverage to Which No Exceptions
Could BE Taken.

A Beverage to Which No Exceptions
Could BE Taken.
Here is story from an English
paper which carries its own moral:
There is a certain large boarding
school for boys in England where we
have seen sixty or seventy of them at
their desks; and fine, merry, strong,
clever lads they were. No intoxicat-
ing drinks whatever are placed on the
table, and yet several brewers and
wine merchants send their sons there
for education. This proves that
dealers in strong drink do not regard
it as essential to their intellectual ac-
tiy ity and physical health. One of
these young gentlemen had a white
swelling on his knee, and was sent
home for medical treatment. When
the family doctor arrived, and exam
ined the limb, he evidently thought
it a serious case, and said: "What
sort of a school are you at?"
"Oh, jolly school"
What kind of master have you?"
go, jolly master. -
But what sort of a table does he
keep"
"Oh, jolly table"
Yes, yes; but what does he give
you to drink"
Oh, the governors teetotaler; he
puts nothing but water on the table. :"
Then" said the doctor to the pa
TENTS anxious mother, " we can save
his limb. Do not fear; he will soon
get better"
And he did so, and went back to his
desk, his games and his jolly table,
not less jolly to him now that he knew
water-drinking had been SO good for
him.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-27
HUMOROUS.

-Teacher-''M ethusaleh lived nine
hundred years. Boy "That was
pretty tough on his sons-in-law. y
Golden Days.
A ball of hair was recently found
in the stomach of COW in Kansas. 1t
looks as if the mystery of the hair in
the butter is about to be solved. Phil
adelphia Gail.
-Carl-''Mother, in the milk bucket
dead mouse was" Mother-''W
hast thou it thereout taken?" Carl
mo, l have the cat therein thrown"
From the German.
Nov, you children, | tell you
what it is; if you make any more noise
in front of my house, I'll speak to that
policeman Chorus of Juveniles
(much tickled) THAT policeman!
Lor', we amt Altered of him. Why,
that's dadr'
"A Russian nobleman died recently
whose name was too long to be sent by
cable; but it is gravely asserted that
he could shell an ear of corn with it,
and have enough left over for barbed-
wire fence, nail-claw and springs for
mattress. Life.
-Balancesheet, the wealthy mer-
chant, had advertised "Boy Wanted j"
Enter a young dude who had come to
ask the hand of his daughter. Dude
Gin squaky voice)-'I have called,
sir, to awsk"-- Balancesheet with
out looking up)-''Don't want you,
sir. just hired boy" -Te1as SJt-
i7ags
-''Mr. Judkins," said Mrs. j.,
''that new beau of Mary's isn't a
proper young man. You are her
father, and it is your duty to sit on
him at once" ''Why, mamma" in
terrupted the little Judkins heir-ap-
parent, ''that's just what Mary does
every night, and it don't hurt him a
bik''-RailUay Aduocate.
On tree by river little Tom tit
Sang Willy, tit-willy, tit-willy,
But boy with a rock meath the tree CHANGED
to fit,
And he knocked that poor dicky bird
silly
and the citizens of that boys town i'm
medIately went around and took up a
subscription for him. Merchant TraU-
eEer.
-Valeria Wiener (Vas,ar, 80
'tBut, auntie, all the researches of
modern science convince us that evo-
luton is the only theory to which we
can attach any confidence. Adj
mirable Aunt-''Well, my dear, if you
won't disturb my ancestors in the
Garden of Eden, will promise not to
feed peanuts to yours at the geological
gardens. - Golden Rule.
-"Reginald'' wants to know what
is the 'blight of landlordism," of
which he reads so much. Well, we
asked our landlord about it, and he
said it was paying a plumber, car
penter, painter and a plasterer eight
hundred dollars year to keep six
hundred dollar house in repair, and
then have the tenant take out the door,
bell, chandeliers and range, and skip
with about three months rent unpaid.
He says there are some other blights
in the landlord business, which any
one may readily find out by building a
few houses to rent.-Buraette.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-27
Temperance Work.


The annual meeting OF the National
Temperance Society and publication
House was held in New York recently.
More literature has been printed and
circulated, and the receipts of the pub
LEGATION department have been greater,
than in any former year of its exist
ence. One hundred and twenty-five
new publications have been issued.
The full cataIogued list of the publica-
tons of the society now numbers 1888.
Thirty-seven million four hundred
ffty-three thousand nine hundred and
fifty pages of books, tracts and papers
have been printed the past year, max
ing I'll, All, 427 pages since the organi-
cation of the society. Eleven new
books have been issued especially
adapted for Sunday-school libraries,
and 1916 volumes have been pub
lished. The total receipts for publica-
tons have been S54, 1862 the last
twelve months, and for donations
50, 1888. AZ, making a total of receipts OF
S64, 289. 90; expenses, &64,c66.63. Over
$4,000 has been spent for missionary
work and literature in the South, and
over $780, 900 since the organization OF
the society.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-27
Lager BEER.
Its Demoralizing Eject Among Working
Women in New York City.

Its Demoralizing Eject Among Working
Women in New York City.
In writing concerning women as
wage-earners, Anna R. Brown, super
intendent of the '.Women's Branch Of
the New York City Mission" says:
The greatest decentralization to the
working-women of the present day
comes from drinking lager beer. Since
that beverage has become so popular,
worklngmen have been in the habit Of
having 1t served at their meals, and,
gradually, many of the wives and
daughters have become confirmed beer
drinkers. This custom has also low
cred the standard of morality in other
ways. The effect of beer-drinkinr
among the Germans in their own coun-
try may not be very bad; that can be
accounted for, perhaps, by the fact that
the beer is better and the climate diff
ferent. But do know that the effect
of beer-drinking among Germans in
this country is bad The custom,
among both the women and the men,
is to treat their friends to beer, and our
visitors, who call at their homes, are
constantly seeing the evidence of this
custom in the empty beer-glasses lying
on the table.
We have large German population.
They have been brought up to drink
beer In their own country. and have
done so with impunity. When they
come here they give it to their children
as they did in Germany, but both chill
dren and grown people suffer from it
here, as l can assert from actual obser-
walton.
To illustrate: in one of our dav
nurseries was a little child, ten months
old, apparently very stupid, who cried
all day long. The matron told the
mother that the child acted constantly
as if he wanted something. The moth
er said it must be homesick, but it
kept on crying for five days. The mat
ron finally asked the mother if she
could not think of something that she
had been III the habit of giving to the
child which it did not have now. The
mother at last said:
L don't know what it can be unless
it is beer"
why, you don't feed that child on
beer"
90 yes, it always takes beer with
the father and me-"
We allowed the child to be brought
to the nursery on condition that we
should wean it from beer. This result
we accomplished in six weeks, and the
father and mother saw that the child
was so much better, in looks, health
and disposition, that they gave up
drinking beer themselves. Another
fact about this beer-drinking is that it
leads to whisky-drinking.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-27
" Don't Marry Man Who Drinks. "

II say, girls" cried Francis Murphy
at the Chicago Avenue Church, ''don't
marry man who drinks whisky-Or
lager-beer. Don't you do it, now! o,
I could tell you some stories to make
you afraid. | tell you it means sor-
row, horrible sorrow, and poverty, and
all that. But you know all about it.
Now don't, for God sake, take man,
no matter if you do love him, who
comes around to your house eating cof-
fee beans and lemon peeling. Let me
warn you," continued the speaker, you
with your virgin purity, as sweet to
think on as a lily wet with dew, you
with your loving kindness, your happy,
unselfsh ways, sound your plummet
into the abyss of sorrow and shame as
l tell you of it tonight and be warned.
1t is an accursed thing. Leave it alone,
and go through life with man at your
side who fears God and loathes whis-
ky. Chicago Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-27
CARE OF HORSES.
The Importance of Keeping Them in
Healthy and CIeanly Condition.

The Importance of Keeping Them in a
Healthy and CIeanly Condition.
There is one very important item
often neglected by farmers in the man.
agement of their horses, and that is
cleaning. Many clean their horses
while they are eating; but the animals
should be allowed to eat in peace,
especially those of greedy tempera-
ment, who bolt their food when thus
handled. 1t is common practice to
allow the harness to remain on during
the noon hour, but on reaching the
barn the horses feel better if at once
embarrassed and, if very warm, rubbed
down with wisp of straw or hay At
night thorough grooming should be
given. All dirt should be removed
with a curry-comb; the legs and belly
rubbed with a dry brush, not only to
clean them, but to absorb any remain
ing moisture. When cleaning the feet
and the legs below the knee, it is bet
ter to use water brush, as the curry
comb is apt to do injury, besides irTi-
tating the animal. Good and efficient
grooming tends greatly to the health
of the animal, and farmers should al
ways see that the horses skin is sleek,
r'ean and glossy. -PrGfrle Farmer,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-27
TEMPERANCE.
A TEMPERANCE HYMN.


2hHe:-"onward. Christian Soldiers"
Onward, Temperance soldiers,
'Gainst the hosts of sin,
In the mighty conflict
Victory we shall win;
Drink, the great Goliath,
Shall before us fall,
David's God is with US,
He is Lord CT ALL
CHoRUs-Onward, Temperance soldiers
Angels from afar
Look with loving interest
On this righteous war.
Onward go with courage,
Hear the ehildreu's CRY,
Mothers of the nations
Plead with God on high;
Work and prayer shall conquer,
For His own words sake;
He the powers of darkness
Nightly shall shake.
Onward, then, with patience,
Let no heart dismay,
After night and darkness
Comes the newborn day;
The sun continues shining.
Though clouds intervene,
God is wisely working,
To our sight unseen.
Onward, then, go bravely;
We encompassed are
By angelic spirits,
In this righteous war:
Hereafter they will greet us,
On the Stormless shore,
With glad songs of welcome
When Times conflicts DER.
-WiLliQnl JQnaeS, IN Golden RuIs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-27

thirty year ergo. Girls is so keerless
these days, oh law me! When wuz
er girl-but thar amt no use N waist
in my breath, fur it peers like yer
KANT see no how"
"See what, mawP"
ooh, nothin'. Eff er pusson is blin'
thar amt no use'n p'intin' out Their
candle that's in ther ROOM"
Goodness knows, nav, don't git
Their hang NV whut yer air sayin'."
" Oh, no, girls don't git Their hang
NV nothin' these days, but it amt no
use ter talk. Here yer air, lettin' one
NV Their best chances er po' girl ever
had slip outen' yer hans like err eel. :"
Wall" said Martha, smiling, "ef
pr girls got holt NY er eel she mout ez
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-27
A Young Victim of Strong Drink.

James Devine, a young man trem-
bling in every nerve from the effects of
alcohol, was before Justice Lyon on
complaint of his mother, who wanted
him sent to the Washingtonian Home.
She told the court between her sobs
that the boy was drunk all the time,
but that he was a good boy if he
would let liquor alone. The young
man was then on the verge of tremens,
and she pleaded that something might
be done for him. "What an awful
thing is liquor said Justice Lyon;
'I'll tell you nobody ought to abuse a
Temperance man." A fine of thirty
dollars was imposed, and the young
man was sent to the Washingtonian
H CHICAGO Journal.